Pit bull rescues owner from shark attack on Calif. beach

Darby, a 45-kilogram pit bull, saved its owner, James White, from a shark attack in California.

Via NBC Bay Area

Man’s best friend became shark‘s worst nightmare on a fateful fishing trip to the beach in California last month.

Fisherman James White is crediting his one-year-old pit bull, Darby, with saving him from a shark that latched onto his leg in the shallow waters of Bodega Bay, on the coast of central California, NBC News reports.

That’s when Darby heard its master’s call and sprang into action. The dog was waiting in White’s Jeep at the side of the road at the time, but it somehow figured out how to open the door and came bounding across the beach to the rescue, according to White.

Darby “ran down the embankment, grabbed hold of the shark behind the gills and started thrashing his head,” White said.